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OP, I completely understand and share in your dismay.

Murray Edwards is a very enterprising and principled man. His character is probably among the best of any individual for his kind of position in life that you might know. Things like this happen when you're as ambitious and active as he is. The risk and consequence of this kind of thing pretty much defines why these people are gutsy, and why their rewards can be so great... their response to crises like this are defining and will either crush or elevate them.

Please know this, his presence as a majority shareholder at Imperial increases the probability that their response and reclamation efforts will go beyond what is expected of corporations in these kinds of situations, not the opposite. Incidents like this are a risk that we accept in society in exchange for their benefit. The jobs of the people who live near the mines, their ability to support and raise families in an amazingly beautiful part of our country, the valuable copper and gold that come from the mine, and so on. It's the response to such disasters that define the community, including the owner of the mine. As I understand it, the operator is already committing to clean it up in full. I am sure there will also be lessons on how to avoid this in the future, and how other mines across the industry can be made more secure.

A suggestion would be to not let your passion go to waste. Write a letter to Murray, as a long time flames fan, imploring him to use his position in the company to influence the response to the disaster for the best.

If you truly want to boycott the flames, you should also add Westjet to the list.